The Two Faces of Canadian Diplomacy: Undermining International Institutions to Support Canadian Mining

In 2004, Glamis Gold began construction of Guatemala’s first large-scale open-pit and
underground gold mine. The mine was imposed without the consent of affected
communities and has been associated with immense violence and conflict, alongside serious and credible allegations of environmental contamination and harms to human health. This report conveys what is publicly known about how Canadian officials undertook a course of
action that undermined the efforts of Indigenous Mayan communities to access the inter-American human rights system to defend their rights.